Getting Started in Domaining (and a Domain Finding Trick)

I’ve been diving into domaining activities recently, mostly reading, some bidding, and some buying. It is a very interesting field, and it opens a lot of doors in terms of return on investment. You could develop a site with a domain and grow it, quickly resell it, or just let it sit and sell it eventually. The sky is the limit really. One of the hardest parts of domaining is finding good domains. And I’ve got a good trick for you that can help you on your quest. But before the trick, here’s a few resources to help you out with domaining.

Domaining Blogs

As with SEO and search marketing, the best way to start and learn is to read blogs. Here are 3 that can give you a great jump start at domaining:

Domaining and SEO

Finally, the Domain Finding Trick

One of the tricks is actually finding domains for sale. Sure you can go to GoDaddy et al., but the best domains are already purchased (unless you are buying a web2.0 name). A simple query in google, along with the keyword that you have in mind, can give you a great working list of domains to check out that are actively for sale. The trick is to include with your keyword the phrase “this domain is for sale”, with the quotes (for an exact phrase match). Here are some example queries to get you started:

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Les, I do think the one word premium domains will, but I think its going to be a tough .tld for domaining. The problem I see is “asia” is made up of TONS of countries/cultures/languages, most of which have very little similarity in language. I’ve been wrong before though… It really will be a land grab too, and if you try to register the same domain as someone else does, you would go at a bidding war to see who gets it (so not just an easy godaddy.com domain buy).

I still think .com will dominate forever, and then .net/.org and top cc tld’s like .co.uk.

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